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FAMILY ROCALAY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Rocalay.

Genealogy of family Rocalay, origin of Rocalay, provenance of the family name Rocalay.

History and meaning for Rocalay.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Rocalay.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Rocalay.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Rocalay:

1) The origin of the family name Rocalay.

2) The meaning of the family name Rocalay.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Rocalay.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Rocalay.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Rocalay:

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Rocalay:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Rocalay.
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Coat of arms for the name Rocalay in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Rocalay appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Rocalay. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Rocalay.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* The family name Rocalay appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Rocalay as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Rocalay

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